The Donmar Warehouse has announced its spring 2015 season, which includes a revival of Patrick Marber's Closer.
The season also features a new play for theatre and television about the 2015 general election and the world premiere of a new Steve Waters drama.
Artistic Director Josie Rourke revealed the season's line-up on the Donmar Warehouse Twitter account this morning (November 3).
The Olivier Award-winning play Closer by Patrick Marber is being revived, after it won multiple awards in 1997 and was turned into a hit film in 2004 starring Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law and Clive Owen.
David Leveaux will direct, while Nancy Carroll, Oliver Chris, Rachel Redford and Rufus Sewell will star.
Marber said of the revival: 'I'm thrilled to be returning to the Donmar with this revival of Closer. David Leveaux is a director I've longed to work with for many years. I'm greatly looking forward to this collaboration with him,...
The season also features a new play for theatre and television about the 2015 general election and the world premiere of a new Steve Waters drama.
Artistic Director Josie Rourke revealed the season's line-up on the Donmar Warehouse Twitter account this morning (November 3).
The Olivier Award-winning play Closer by Patrick Marber is being revived, after it won multiple awards in 1997 and was turned into a hit film in 2004 starring Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law and Clive Owen.
David Leveaux will direct, while Nancy Carroll, Oliver Chris, Rachel Redford and Rufus Sewell will star.
Marber said of the revival: 'I'm thrilled to be returning to the Donmar with this revival of Closer. David Leveaux is a director I've longed to work with for many years. I'm greatly looking forward to this collaboration with him,...
- 11/3/2014
- Digital Spy
Contemporary playwrights tend to give science fiction a wide berth. Are they afraid of looking silly?
In his volume of essays, Strong Opinions, Vladimir Nabokov said that one could make the case for categorising Shakespeare's The Tempest as science fiction. Of course there was an element of mischief in his words, but it does lead you to think about the relationship between theatre and the space age. The Tempest was the source for the cult 1950s musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. Musical comedy does seem comfortable with incorporating sci-fi elements: think Little Shop of Horrors or even – if you must – We Will Rock You.
Literary dystopias, too, provide rich ground for page-to-stage adaptations. Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale was turned into an opera by the Danish composer Poul Ruders and, as last year marked the 60th anniversary of its publication, George Orwell's 1984 has proved particularly popular of late.
In his volume of essays, Strong Opinions, Vladimir Nabokov said that one could make the case for categorising Shakespeare's The Tempest as science fiction. Of course there was an element of mischief in his words, but it does lead you to think about the relationship between theatre and the space age. The Tempest was the source for the cult 1950s musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. Musical comedy does seem comfortable with incorporating sci-fi elements: think Little Shop of Horrors or even – if you must – We Will Rock You.
Literary dystopias, too, provide rich ground for page-to-stage adaptations. Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale was turned into an opera by the Danish composer Poul Ruders and, as last year marked the 60th anniversary of its publication, George Orwell's 1984 has proved particularly popular of late.
- 2/11/2010
- by Natasha Tripney
- The Guardian - Film News
The Contingency Plan by Steve Waters is a double bill of two new plays (On The Beach and Resilience) which tackle the immediate issues of climate change. Each play stands alone, but together they present a picture of England in which severe flooding continues to destroy the South West and the shrinking of the polar ice cap threatens to sink the East Coast.
- 4/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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